Where Residential Care Communities Are, by U.S. Region, 2012–2016

From 2012 to 2016, the share of the nation's residential care communities located in the West rose from 36.4% to 40.8%, and throughout the period the West had a larger share than any other region.

Percentage of residential care communities by U.S. Census region, 2012–2016, with 95% confidence intervals. CDC.

What counts

A residential care community in this study was state-regulated, had four or more beds, and provided room and board with at least two meals a day, round-the-clock on-site supervision, and help with personal care such as bathing and dressing, or health-related services such as medication management. Communities licensed to serve only people with mental illness or with intellectual or developmental disabilities were excluded.

The regions

• Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
• Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
• South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.
• West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.

Sources

Based on "QuickStats: Percentage of Residential Care Communities, by U.S. Census Region — National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2012–2016," MMWR Vol. 67, No. 43, CDC, from the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers; a work of the United States government in the public domain.